Liwa Fatemiyoun

Liwa Fatemiyoun was a militia group of Shi'ite Hazaras formed in November 2014 by Iran] to assist the [[Syrian Arab Republic in the Syrian Civil War.

History
Liwa Fatemiyoun was formed in November 2014 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Council (IRGC) of Iran as a group of Shi'ite Muslim Afghans that would be paid $500 a month to fight for the Shi'ite Syrian Arab Republic. The organization can be considered to be Afghan mercenaries, as they fight for the money. The IRGC funded and supplied the organization, which lost 700 men as of June 2015. The name comes from the Fatimid Caliphate, a Shi'ite dynasty that ruled Egypt and the Levant in the 11th century. Its fighters fought mainly in southern Syria.